'Funding' definitions:

Definition of 'funding'

(from WordNet)
noun
Financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing]
noun
The act of financing [syn: financing, funding]

Definition of 'Funding'

From: GCIDE
  • Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Funded; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding.]
  • 1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To place in a fund, as money. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Funding'

From: GCIDE
  • Funding \Fund"ing\, a.
  • 1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Investing in the public funds. [1913 Webster]
  • Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt. [1913 Webster]